Brooklyn Center plans fix for brittle roads
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- 2013-11-05
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As winter rears its ugly head, you can be sure potholes will soon follow suit. And in some neighborhoods in Brooklyn Center, the roads are more susceptible to the cringe-worthy craters than others.
Larry Ruzek has lived on Bryant Avenue near 53rd Avenue for about 30 years. He said the potholes in front of his house have been getting worse.
"I can go back to my gravel days when I lived on a farm and sometimes it's like driving on a gravel road," said Ruzek. "It's just pot marks all over the place, and it's not just in one certain spot. It's all the way up and down the road too."
Actually, his is just one of several stretches of road in the southeast and north central parts of Brooklyn Center that are covered in signs of potholes past and present.
"The roads that we reconstructed in the late 90s early 2000s is what it's narrowed down to," said Brooklyn Center City Engineer Steve Lillehaug, "so that can range from anywhere from 10 to 15 miles of roadway in this city."
Brooklyn Center worked with MnDOT to figure out why roads that should last about 30 years were deteriorating in half that time. The city discovered the roadways are failing from the top down.
"It's hard to exactly identify what went wrong," Lillehaug said, "but we do know that it's simply a breakdown in the emulsified asphalt and in the pavement, and that can be from multiple causes; from some of the construction inspection techniques to construction practices as well as the pavement mix design."
Monday afternoon, Lillehaug spotted several small-sized holes in the street that were filled with rainwater. He said the combination of water and the emulsified asphalt causes the roads to break down. He said the issue starts with small holes like this and small cracks that explode over the winter because of freeze and thaw cycles.
City crews have tried a variety of ways to stretch out the life of the road, including using different pothole patching techniques and holding off on sealcoating fragile roads. Sealcoating traps water under the surface, which causes potholes. Lillehaug said.
Lillehaug said the problem will eventually force the city to step up its capital improvement program to resurface some streets sooner than expected.
Larry Ruzek is frustrated that all these efforts are even necessary.
"If it's supposed to stand up for a certain amount of time, it should stand up for a certain amount of time," he said.
Renee Banot
http://twelve.tv/
http://www.facebook.com/12localnews
http://twitter.com/12LocalNews
12 News is on Comcast cable channel 12 in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.
Larry Ruzek has lived on Bryant Avenue near 53rd Avenue for about 30 years. He said the potholes in front of his house have been getting worse.
"I can go back to my gravel days when I lived on a farm and sometimes it's like driving on a gravel road," said Ruzek. "It's just pot marks all over the place, and it's not just in one certain spot. It's all the way up and down the road too."
Actually, his is just one of several stretches of road in the southeast and north central parts of Brooklyn Center that are covered in signs of potholes past and present.
"The roads that we reconstructed in the late 90s early 2000s is what it's narrowed down to," said Brooklyn Center City Engineer Steve Lillehaug, "so that can range from anywhere from 10 to 15 miles of roadway in this city."
Brooklyn Center worked with MnDOT to figure out why roads that should last about 30 years were deteriorating in half that time. The city discovered the roadways are failing from the top down.
"It's hard to exactly identify what went wrong," Lillehaug said, "but we do know that it's simply a breakdown in the emulsified asphalt and in the pavement, and that can be from multiple causes; from some of the construction inspection techniques to construction practices as well as the pavement mix design."
Monday afternoon, Lillehaug spotted several small-sized holes in the street that were filled with rainwater. He said the combination of water and the emulsified asphalt causes the roads to break down. He said the issue starts with small holes like this and small cracks that explode over the winter because of freeze and thaw cycles.
City crews have tried a variety of ways to stretch out the life of the road, including using different pothole patching techniques and holding off on sealcoating fragile roads. Sealcoating traps water under the surface, which causes potholes. Lillehaug said.
Lillehaug said the problem will eventually force the city to step up its capital improvement program to resurface some streets sooner than expected.
Larry Ruzek is frustrated that all these efforts are even necessary.
"If it's supposed to stand up for a certain amount of time, it should stand up for a certain amount of time," he said.
Renee Banot
http://twelve.tv/
http://www.facebook.com/12localnews
http://twitter.com/12LocalNews
12 News is on Comcast cable channel 12 in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.
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